Greenwich Journal; What Can the Matter Be? Britain's Dome Falls Flat
Date: 18 February 2000
By Sarah Lyall
Sarah Lyall
Millenium Dome, Labor government's $1.3 billion celebration of national pride, has become a colossal national joke; British press and Prince Charles have ridiculed it; ticket sales have been sluggish; company that manages dome fires its chief exec and hires as replacement Pierre-Yves Gerbeau, young, energetic former exec from Disneyland Paris, and orders him to fix situation; photo; map (M)
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WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING: AMERICAS; PROMINENT JOURNALIST MOVES TO WEB
Date: 18 February 2000
By Dan Fineren
Dan Fineren
World Business Briefing: Prominent Journalist Move
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CITIGROUP AND COMMERCE ONE START WEB SITE
Date: 18 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Citigroup Inc will start Web site with Commerce One Inc to allow its corporate customers to trade goods and services online; new site, run by Citigroup with software provided by Commerce One, will be introduced to 1,800 multinational companies that are global clients of Citigroup; Citigroup will also become main provider of financial services on Commerce One's online marketplace for businesses; companies do not disclose financial terms of venture (S)
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INPRISE, A SOFTWARE CONCERN, TO SELL ITS HEADQUARTERS
Date: 19 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Inprise Corp, software concern being acquired by Corel Corp, agrees to sell its Scotts Valley, Calif, headquarters to ScanlanKemperBard Cos for $47 million, and to sign long-term lease with ScanlanKemperBard to rent back 44 percent of building (S)
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ACNIELSEN, MARKET RESEARCHER, MOVES TO DOUBLE PROFIT
Date: 19 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
ACNielsen Corp will cut 1,300 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force, as it seeks to double per-share earnings within three years (S)
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MILLER INDUSTRIES SETTLES U.S. ANTITRUST CLAIMS
Date: 18 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Miller Industries, world's largest integrated provider of vehicle-towing equipment and services, agrees to settle Justice Department antitrust claims by licensing patents to competitors; consent decree settling case is filed in federal court in Washington along with Justice Department suit challenging Miller's acquisitions of Vulcan Equipment Co in 1998 and Chevron Inc in 1997; government said acquisitions reduced competition in design, manufacture and sale of light-duty tow trucks and car carriers and increased Miller's ownership of valuable patents (S)
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SYNTROLEUM SIGNS A $1.3 BILLION GAS CONTRACT
Date: 19 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Syntroleum Corp, which sells process for converting natural gas into synthetic crude oil, signs $1.3 billion contract to buy gas over 20 years for synthetic chemicals plant it is building in Australia from partnership that includes unit of Chevron Corp (S)
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UCAR WILL KEEP ITS GRAPHITE SPECIALTIES UNIT
Date: 18 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ucar International Inc will reorganize its graphite specialties business instead of selling it, several months after company settles lawsuits from price-fixing conspiracy (S)
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DOW CORNING AND ALLIEDSIGNAL SETTLE PATENT LAWSUIT
Date: 18 February 2000
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Dow Corning Corp, which makes coatings for computer chips, agrees to drop its lawsuit accusing its rival AlliedSignal Inc of infringing three patents; in exchange, AlliedSignal agrees not to use patented inventions in US (S)
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